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1、此卷只装订不密封班级 姓名 准考证号 考场号 座位号 2018-2019学年高一上学期训练卷必修一 Unit 2 English around the world 英 语 （二）注意事项：1答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。2选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。3非选择题的作答：用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。4考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。. 阅读理解AThere is
2、a popular saying in the English language: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Well, that is not true. Unkind words, name-calling or even the so-called “the silent treatment” can hurt children as much as being physically hit, sometimes even more so. A recent study of
3、 middle school children showed that verbal (言语的) abuse by other children can harm development in the brain. The study was a project of researchers at Harvard Medical School in Massachusetts. Researcher Martin Teicher and his team studied young adults, aged 18 to 25. These young men and women had not
4、 ever been treated in a cruel or violent way by their parents. The researchers asked the young people to rate their childhood exposure to verbal abuse from both parents and other children. Then the researchers performed imaging tests on the brains of the subjects. The images showed that the people w
5、ho reported suffering verbal abuse from peers in middle school had underdeveloped connections between the left and right side of the brain. The two sides of the brain are connected by a large bundle of connecting fibers called the corpus callosum. This was the area that was underdeveloped. The middl
6、e school years are a time when these brain connections are developing. So, unkind, hurtful comments from children or adults during this period have the greatest effect. The researchers tested the mental and emotional condition of all the young people in the study. The tests showed that this same gro
7、up of people had higher levels of fear, depression, anger and drug abuse than others in the study. The researchers published their findings online on the American Journal of Psychiatrys website. Parents cannot control what other people say to their children, but they can prepare their children. 1. W
8、hy does the author use the popular saying at the beginning? A. To show the power of words. B. To introduce an opposite view. C. To prove the authors argument. D. To show ancient peoples wisdom. 2. What did the subjects of the study have in common? A. They were hurt by unkind words. B. They performed
9、 poorly in imaging tests. C. They had their brain slightly damaged. D. They experienced no physical abuse at home. 3. What will be discussed in the next paragraph? A. Comments on the findings. B. Approaches to further studies. C. Suggestions to parents. D. Different opinions on the matter. 4. What i
10、s the main idea of the passage? A. The way we speak matters. B. Verbal violence should be stopped. C. Unkind words hurt the brain. D. Words are worse than sticks and stones. B The US teenager Thomas Cheatham had planned to study Latin during his time at Hebron High School in Texas. But when he learn
11、ed that the school district was going to offer a Mandarin class, he quickly changed his mind. “I thought Mandarin would be more beneficial than Latin,” said Cheatham, who is now in his second year of studying the language. He speaks Mandarin to order food at Chinese restaurants and can read social m
12、edia posts from his Chinese-speaking friends. While its a difficult language to master, the high school junior, who plans to study computer engineering, thinks it will be important for his career. “Chinese is a good language to know, especially with China becoming a growing power,” he said. Many exp
13、erts agree that proficiency in a language spoken by a billion people worldwide will give American students an edge in the global economy. “People are looking at China as our next economic competitor, and interest in Mandarin is growing,” said Marty Abbott, executive director of the American Council
14、on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. “Were seeing it in all parts of the country. ”Abbott estimates that as many as 100, 000 students are now studying Mandarin throughout the US, in public and private schools. She said the US government has designated (指定) Mandarin as a “critical needs” language an
15、d provides professional development programs for teachers. “Our government wants to increase our language competency for national security and economic competitiveness,” Abbott said. At the same time, the Chinese government is spreading knowledge of the Chinese language and culture through Confucius
16、 Institutes established in many US states. For example, the Confucius Institute at the University of Texas in Dallas has been the home of a Confucius Institute for 10 years. It sponsors Confucius Classrooms at 21 local public and private schools, where tens of thousands of students are learning Mandarin
